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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Jan 13
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8300–10.0200/bu+0.30−70–−51¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7500–10.0850/bu+0.28−78–−33¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800–9.9800/bu+0.28−65–−55¢/BuMarch (H)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800–9.9900/bu+0.33−65–−54¢/BuMarch (H)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7650–9.9650/bu+0.28−65–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8300–10.0300/bu+0.25−70–−50¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2200–10.2300/bu+0.39−31–−30¢/BuMarch (H)—
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0800–10.3300/bu+0.28−45–−20¢/BuMarch (H)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.4950/bu+0.03−38–−27¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.5950/bu+0.03−52–−17¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3750–4.6550/bu+0.06−39–−11¢/BuMarch (H)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.4550/bu+0.03−42–−31¢/BuMarch (H)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.5350/bu+0.06−66–−23¢/BuMarch (H)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.6150/bu+0.06−52–−15¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6250–4.6350/bu+0.05−14–−13¢/BuMarch (H)—
Source: USDA AMS · Des Moines, IA. Bids are what buyers offered on the day USDA collected them, not settled trades. Change and year-ago figures are USDA's own — nothing on this page is recomputed, and prices in different units are never averaged together.